Such a great drummer!

The great Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie on Charles Kynard's version of Something

Nah, Annette Bening's the only likeable character in it.

I'm sure that expectations + budget + talent involved are tied up in my choice but, gadzooks, Prometheus was just the worst. (Dis) honourable mentions to Transformers, Rampart, Big Fish, Cold Mountain, Watchmen, Short Cuts and the 1998 version of Great Expectations.

Kevin Spacey's character is fucking insufferable in that film.

J-Zone and Pablo Martin Are the Du-Rites released their self titled album late last year but I only became aware of its existence this week. J-Zone's long career as maybe the most underrated beat maker in the history of Hip Hop music seems to have enjoyed a renaissance since he took up playing the drums which, as it…

A bit grim to be honest but thanks for asking. Was wondering if the turntable problem you mentioned was a problem with the ground/ earth lead?

Fans of the Stranger Things soundtrack who fancy something a bit more body moving should check out Northern Ireland's The Cyclist. Analogue throb like somebody coated their tape decks in cough medicine. The track Push from his recent Pressing Matters EP is a great jump off point. Broadly travelling in the same tape…

Word, quite buttery.

Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is…..

Watched this last night with a belly full of rum and a lung full of weed and thought it was the greatest. Revisited it this morning and can only applaud my drank ass opinion. A sonic cuckolding of the first order.

The soundtrack to my sexual awakening. I was 11 when I finally got my hands on the 1999 album and it's the first time listening to a record when I thought 'you know I think I'm going to shut my bedroom door while I hear this music'. Lets Pretend We're Married was the song that did it, just seeming impossibly erotic…

I saw John Sayles talking about the movie on trailers from hell but he neglected to mention that juicy little titbit of trivia so now I know.

I've been waiting a long time for the second solo album from Detroit's finest mc Elzhi (one time Slum Village member) and it was finally released on Friday. A crowd funded record that's had an incredibly long and troubled gestation Lead Poison was worth the wait and then some. Just an amazing record with El's…

Been excited for this since it was announced. One of my favourite M.Cs in the game teaming up with one of my favourite producers (U.K represent!) and it sounds just as amazing as I'd imagined. MMG have also got a new Mr Lif record about to drop and also just let loose a free e.p from the always great Oddisee on…

Loved People's Instinctive Travels but man I remember Tim Westwood playing tracks off Low End Theory on the radio before it came out and first hearing Buggin' Out then and just flipping. That was the album when Phife Diggy really stepped it up and his increased presence took Tribe to the next level. All through…

Told ya in the jam that we can get down
Now lets knock the boots like the group H-Town
Ya got BBD all on yer bedroom wall
But I'm above the rim and this is how I ball

I only just heard this, such sad news.

Open Mike Eagle & Paul White~Admitting The Endorphin Addiction
Wild Flag~Something Came Over Me
Floating Points~Perforation Six
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard~Sense
Chance The Rapper~Israel (ft. Noname Gypsy)
Rising Sons~2:10 Train
Jane Weaver~Argent (Tom Furse Extrapolation)
Virginia Astley~Afternoon: Out on the Lawn I…

Marc Riley & The Creepers' Bard of Woking does a pretty good take down of Paul 'dimwit' Weller. White Man in Hammersmith Palais by The Clash has a dig at The Jam. Hey Marc Riley and various other tracks by The Fall go after Marc Riley. Idiot Box by The Damned is about the band Television and Captain Sensible's Wot?…